Herding Ferrets

That’s what Christmas shopping with 22 – make that 26 guys (we picked up some stragglers) – is like. Herding ferrets. They’re wacky, they dart everywhere and they have extremely short attention spans! LOL

First, I had to get them all past the cheese and sausage store. They completely wiped out 5 sample trays in 2.3 seconds! Then I had to lay down this shopping ground rule: Appropriate Christmas gifts for girls cannot be found at 1) mall kiosks, or 2) tool departments of any store.

Once I made that clear, things started to turn around.  We found gifts for everyone – and it only took three and a half hours! Then we made one more stop at the charity gift wrap booth. We found Reggie singing White Christmas! While the elves wrapped everything in pretty paper, Reggie coaxed me into singing a couple of songs with him. We drew a huge crowd of shoppers who all clapped and cheered after every song. It was FUN!

I probably wouldn’t volunteer to take a bunch of guys shopping again… but it didn’t turn out half bad!

(((5MoreShoppingDaysTilChristmasHugs)))

Ronnie